The Way God Leads
In Exodus 13:17, the Torah says that God did not lead the Israelites through the land of the Philistines, a much shorter route. Hebrew texts literally says, ki karov hu “though it was closer.” Instead, God led the Israelites through the wilderness path, passing through the sea of reeds, a much longer way to the land of Canaan. There was a more direct path, but that shorter way was not the road Hashem wanted them to take. Why? Listen now...
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The Living Torah by Aryeh Kaplan (Hebrew-English)
This edition of the Torah features a Hebrew text of the Five Books of Moses and a new English translation by Rabbi Aryeh Kaplan. As a translator, Kaplan leans quite a bit on Targum Onkelos, and uses Aramaic to elucidate the text better. The volume is supplied with traditional Orthodox Jewish commentaries and notes, maps, tables, charts, and more. This new updated edition features a better layout than the previous versions of the Torah. If anyone wishes to read the books of Moses and be exposed to an orthodox Jewish take on these ancient words, this translation and commentary do a superb job.